On immunity, too, Republicans grant Trump a different standard

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On immunity, too, Republicans grant Trump a different standard

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Most Americans, if asked, say they don’t believe that presidents should have broad immunity from prosecutions for actions taken while in office. That isn’t surprising; there’s never been an expectation that presidents should have such immunity. And were broad immunity given to presidents, political scientists warn, it would pose a dire risk to American democracy.

Over and over, Republicans hold Trump to a different standard. They were 57 points more likely to say they’d vote for someone convicted of a felony after it happened to Trump. They’re 69 points more likely to approve of the Hunter Biden verdict than the Trump verdict. And they’re 22 points more likely to say that Trump should have immunity than they are to say that presidents should overall.

Those divergences are unique. The views of Americans overall are more consistent. A majority opposed voting for someone convicted of a felony both before and after the Trump verdict. A majority supported both trial verdicts. A majority opposes granting presidents immunity. Those are all true of Democrats as well.

This is instructive in part because it gives the lie to the idea that some new development in Trump’s criminal trials or indictments will shift the presidential race against him. His conviction should have turned his party against him, according to that April poll — but instead, the party changed to accommodate him. In the unlikely-but-not-impossible event that the Supreme Court grants presidents broad immunity from prosecution, Republicans might be expected to oppose it — except that the case centers on immunity for Trump personally.

About two-thirds of self-identified conservatives told YouGov that they supported broad immunity for Donald Trump’s actions as president. The right didn’t change Trump. Trump changed the right. 

IOW, the right are HUGE HYPOCRITES who only favor special privileges for Trump. 🤮